Friday, December 5, 2014

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

Hell Hath No Fury was released by indie polish maker CrowsToes as part of the Halloween collection in October 2012. What's that you say? It's December, time for Christmas manicures? Shoot, honey! As Lauri, Ms. Crow herself, says, "It's ALWAYS Halloween in the CrowBar!" Besides, this red and orange glitterbomb is perfectly festive enough for any holiday. Described by Lauri as a "bright mix of fire red and orange glitters with a red/orange/gold colorshifting shimmer," Hell Hath No Fury has a clear suspension base that is absolutely crammed with sparkly goodness: multi-sized hexes in red, orange and iridescent purple plus orange bars plus the aforesaid shimmers. My favorite are the iridescent hexes, which accent the fire colors with flashes of blue and purple. Awesome!

After seeing this polish featured over black on the fabulous Australian blog More Nail Polish, here, I decided to use the same combo. I chose American Apparel Hassid for my base. Hassid is a user-friendly black creme that provides completely even opaque coverage in one coat. The consistency is fluid and smooth with an easy, self-leveling flow over the nail. Cleanup is easy. Hassid dries in very good time to a satin/rubbery finish. I'm always glad to use this polish, it's so user friendly and I'm quite fond of American-Apparel's long-wanded brush.

So after a coat of Hassid I set to with Hell Hath No Fury. The consistency of this polish is fluid and fairly smooth given how dense it is with components. It is not sticky or gel-like. Glitter payoff is fantastic, with copious amounts of random glitters available in each brushful. Using my plosh and spread method, I managed to get them distributed fairly evenly over the nail with no stick ups and only a few protrusions over the free edge, mostly bar glitters that I either nudged back onto the nail or removed with tweezers. Hell Hath No Fury dries in fairly good time to a shiny textured finish. Photos show one coat of Hell Hath No Fury over Hassid over treatment and basecoat. I used a layer of Nail Pattern Boldness Glitter Food to smooth the surface and followed with a topcoat of Seche Vite.

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

CrowsToes Hell Hath No Fury over American Apparel Hassid

Such a gorgeous, chaotic, colorful glitter mix! And very sparkly too. I love the name of this polish. It turns out it's a paraphrase of a line written by British playwright and poet William Congreve (1670-1721). The line as written goes like this:

Heav'n has no rage like love to hatred turn'dNor Hell a fury, like a woman scorn'd.

William Congreve penned other phrases that have since gone viral, are often misquoted and attributed to other authors, most notably William Shakespeare. "Music has charms to soothe a savage breast," is commonly used with the word "beast" instead of "breast." He is also responsible for the expression "kiss and tell" with this line: "O fie, miss, you must not kiss and tell." Who knew?love,Liz